Chapter 1 part 1 : Suggestion

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1. Making Suggestions
To suggest means to introduce or to propose an idea or a plan for someone’s consideration.
It can be in the form of a solution, advice, plan, and an idea. It can be accepted or refused.
Here are some common phrases used to make suggestions:

1. How about + subject + simple verb form
How about we have lunch at the new Japanese restaurant?

2. How about + gerund 
How about having lunch at the new Japanese restaurant?

3. What about + gerund 
What about playing table tennis after school?

4. Why don’t + subject + simple verb form
Why don’t we take a walk to the park?

5. Why not + simple verb form 
Why not buy yourself a new schoolbag?

6. Let’s + simple verb form 
Let’s go to the beach this weekend.

7. Shall +subject + smple verb form (with the subjects I and We)
Shall we tell her the good news now?

8. Subject + should + simpl verb form
You shoul give her a present on her birthday.

9. Subject + could + simple verb form
We could share a ride to the airport.

10. I suggest/ recommend + that + sentence
I suggest that you take driving course.
I recommend that you take driving
course.

As you can see most of the expressions used for making suggestions are in question form. Now,
let’s learn how to respond to the expressions of making suggestions.

Accepting Suggestions:
• Yes, please
• Ok, thanks
• That’s a good idea
• That sounds great
• Ok. Let’s ...
• Perfect. I love it

Refusing suggestions :

• No. I’d rather not

• Sorry.I don’t feel like it

• No. Let’s not ...

• I think it’s not a goodidea

• I am not sure


My exercise :



A dialogue about giving some suggestion :



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